Our Patriot Ancestors

Our chapter members' ancestors include many distinguished patriots, such as:

Below, you'll find a list of the Patriots associated with the current members of the Hollywood Chapter, NSDAR.

Whether you are just starting on your journey to discover your family roots or if you are only one document away from solving a mystery of one of your ancestors, the DAR is here to help. The DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) features free online databases containing information on American Revolutionary War Patriot ancestors and their descendants, as well as a vast array of genealogical resources from the DAR Library.

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Our Patriot Ancestors

Adams, Sr., Levi, CT, Cpl	Gilliland, John, NJ, Lt	Pease, Cummings, CT, Pvt
Admire, George, NC, CS PS	Goe, William, PA, PS	Perkins, Simon, CT, Lt
Ayer, Asa, MA, Pvt	Goodridge, George, VA, CS	Peyton, James, VA, Pvt
Barker, Isaac, RI, PS	Gosselin, Clement, CL, Capt PS	Pierce, Elisha, MA, Pvt
Barksdale, Henry, VA, Sol	Gott, Daniel, MA, Pvt	Roberts, Cornelius, VA, Sol
Bartlett, Samuel, MA, PS	Gregory, Thomas, VA, Pvt	Robertson, Charles, NC, Maj
Bazemore, James, NC, PS	Grosvenor, Daniel, MA, MM PS	Rogers, Joshua, CT, Pvt
Bazemore, John, NC, PS	Harrell, Levi, SC, Sol	Rounds, John, MD, Pvt
Bigelow, Anna, MA, PS	Hathaway, Arthur, MA, Cpl	Rounds, Samuel, MD, Capt
Bishop, John, NJ, Lt	Haught, Jr., Peter, VA, Pvt PS	Rush, Daniel, PA, Pvt
Boston, Levin, MD, Pvt	Hester, John, NC, Noncom	Sanford, William, RI, Sgt
Bray, Asa, CT, Capt	Holland, John, SC, Noncom	Shambach, George, PA, Pvt
Brown, John, NC, Capt	Hood, George, PA, Pvt	Sheldon, Benjamin, RI, Lt
Browning, Edward, MD, PS	House, Matthias, VA, PS	Shepard, Robert, NC, PS
Browning, Nathan, MD, Pvt	Huntley, Joel, VA, Sol PS	Shepard, William, VA, Pvt
Burns, James, MD, Sgt PS	James, Elisha, MA, Pvt	Smith, Anthony, VA, Sol PS
Camp, Israel, CT, PS	Jefferson, Thomas, VA, PS SDI	Smith, Stephen, SC, Sol
Carothers, Robert, NC, Sol	Johnston, Martin, VA, Pvt	Snyder, Ludwig, NY, Pvt
Clemson, James, PA, CS PS	Keller, Henry, PA, PS	Squire, Uriah, VA, Pvt
Crampton, Neri, VT, Pvt	Kidney, John, NJ, Capt PS	Stambach, Anna, PA, PS
Cullum, Francis, MD, Pvt PS	Lambeth, Moses, NC, Pvt	Starr, Johnathan, CT, Pvt
Cushing, Sr., Caleb, MA, 1LT QM	Lanier, Lewis, VA, Sol	Stucky, Jr., John, PA, Pvt PS
Doane, John, NC, PS	Larrison, John, PA, PS	Sweet, Sylvester, RI, Ens
Dodd, John, VA, Noncom PS	Lawrence, Henry, VA, Pvt	Tabb, Elizabeth, VA, PS
Douglas, Daniel, CT, Cpl	Leverett, John, NC, PS	Talbot, Sr., Peter, MA, Capt
Dugan, Lovell, VA, Pvt	Lyman, Timothy, MA, Lt	Talbot, Jr., Peter, MA, Capt
Dugan, Samuel, VA, PS	Metcalf, Jabez, MA, Sgt	Teagarden, Aaron, PA, Pvt
Dunham, Nathaniel, NJ, Pvt	Miller, James, VA, Ens CS PS	Timmerman, Christopher, VA, Pvt
Elder, Samuel, SC, Pvt	Mills, Nathaniel, VA, Capt	Tower, Jr., Malachi, MA, Pvt
Esselstyne, Coenradt, NY, Pvt	Moore, Joseph, MA, Pvt	Van Fleet, Joshua, NY, Pvt
Evans, William, NC, Pvt	Moore, John, NC, Pvt	Venable, Nathaniel, VA, PS
Ferguson, Isaac, PA, Pvt PS	Murray, Benjamin, CT, Pvt	Wakefield, Samuel, MA, Sgt
Foote, George, NC, CS PS	Nichols, Samuel, CT, Pvt	Warner, Asa, CT, PS
Foster, Jedediah, MA, CS PS	Nichols, Jonathan, NJ, Sgt	Wellington, Benjamin, MA, Pvt CS PS
Foster, Theophilus, MA, Pvt	Noecker, Christian, PA, Pvt	Wetzel, John, PA, Capt
Fullen, James, VA, CS	Okey, Levin, MD, Pvt PS	Wilkins, Sr., Archibald, PA, Pvt PS
Gann, Nathan, NC, Lt	Paisley, John, NC, Col	Woodman, Sylvester, RI, Pvt
Gibbons, Thomas, NC, PS	Parish, Jolley, VA, Col PS	Wright, Joseph, VA, PS
Gibson, Nelson, NC, PS	Passmore, Thomas, PA, Pvt	Yates, William, NJ, PS

Glossary of United States, Country, and Patriot Service Abbreviations

UNITED STATES

CL — Continental Line	NY — New York
CT — Connecticut	NC — North Carolina
DE — Delaware	PA — Pennsylvania
GA — Georgia	RI — Rhode Island
MD — Maryland	SC — South Carolina
MA — Massachusetts	VA — Virginia
NH — New Hampshire	VT — Vermont
NJ — New Jersey

PATRIOT SERVICE

BGen — Brigadier General	Noncom — Non-commissioned Officer
Capt — Captain	Of — Officer (rank unknown)
CS — Civil Service	OrdlSgt — Orderly Sergeant
Col — Colonel	POW — Prisoner of War
Cpl — Corporal	PS — Patriotic Service
Ens — Ensign	Pvt — Private
Fif — Fifer	QM — Quarter Master
Lt — Lieutenant	Seaman — Seaman
LtCol — Lieutenant Colonel	Sgt — Sergeant
1Lt — First Lieutenant	Sgt Maj — Sergeant Major
2Lt — Second Lieutenant	SDI — Signer Declaration of Independence
Maj — Major	Sol — Soldier
	StaffOf — Staff Officer

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